The initiative, in coordination with the Art For Freedom project, aims at fueling free speech through artwork, all of which will come from fan submissions! Over the next year, Madge will select one artist EACH MONTH whose work she feels fights oppression, intolerance and complacency!

Oh hellz yes!

Madonna will then award $10,000 to a nonprofit organization, project or charity of the winning artist’s choice!

Madonna got things started with her OWN artistic call to action last month, with her Secretprojectrevolution, a 17-minute video she created with Steven Klein!

Ahhhh… It's all making sense now!

She issued a statement today about her drive to participate in #ArtForFreedom, saying: